Category Archives: Huguito Chavecito

How Mario Vargas Llosa fictionalized a massacre

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Bodies of the victims of the massacre of Uchuraccay, Peru. Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel prizewinner, failed presidential candidate, and all-around pompous twit, didn’t kill them, but he has a lot to answer for. After all, it is he who helped … Continue reading →

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Spanish paper speculates, anglo whore media runs with it.

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“Doctors have already told the Chávez family that he will not recover. Venezuelan government to announce in the next few days the incapacity of the president, who has lost his voice.” O RLY? Film at 11… The Spanish newspaper ABC … Continue reading →

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Day of Dignity in Venezuela

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Sabina Becker

It was 21 years ago today: “February 4, Day of Dignity. On February 4, 1992, a civilian-military group commanded by President Hugo Chávez opened the doors to a new patriotic awakening. Our people, full of national feeling, set loose a … Continue reading →

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Walter Martínez debunks a disgusting rumor

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Apparently there’s been yet another dirty lie circulating on the Internets about the health of a certain popular Venezuelan president. A video has surfaced, purporting to show him in a “critical” state. Would it surprise you greatly to know that … Continue reading →

Posted in A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Confessions of a Bad German, Crapagandarati, Found in Translation, Greek Salad, Huguito Chavecito, Morticia! You Spoke French!, She Blinded Me With Science, The United States of Amnesia, The WTF? Files | Comments Off

Bogotá has a new neighborhood…

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Sabina Becker

…and you may recognize the name: And now, the story from Aporrea: “Hugo Chávez”…that’s what former councillor Mariano Porras decided to name a sector of the Unir II neighborhood, located in Engativá, in the northwest of the capital of Colombia. … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Social tourism wins big-time

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Sabina Becker

The spectacular Canaima national park of Venezuela, home of the tepuis (you can see some of them in the background), and of the world’s tallest waterfall. And just one of the many reasons why Venezuela has won an international tourism … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito’s back!

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Never mind all the anglo whore media hype — oh sorry, “concern” — about Chavecito’s health. He’s fine and dandy after his latest trip to Cuba…as the faces of his welcoming committee above make clear: The president of Venezuela, Hugo … Continue reading →

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Guess who’s joining MERCOSUR!

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Sabina Becker

W00t. The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, will ratify on Thursday during the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR) Heads of State Summit that Bolivia wants to join the regional bloc. The Bolivian minister of communications, Amanda Dávila, informed that … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: El Ecuadorable is full of win

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Sabina Becker

You can’t keep a good president down…or shut him up. And why would you want to, when he empowers his own people to speak out, too? Especially not when he just won a very important prize for doing just that? … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Viva Venezuela!

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Sabina Becker

A new documentary by the Revolutionary Communist Group of Great Britain explores Venezuela’s efforts to build socialism (and re-elect Chavecito) amid the global financial crisis. A crisis which, thanks to anti-neoliberal efforts on the part of Venezuela and the ALBA … Continue reading →

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